fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take
占 centers on the idea of claiming or reading something: physically occupying a space or holding a position, and metaphorically divining or forecasting by interpreting signs. The fortune-telling sense is an extension of taking a reading or seizing meaning from symbols.
占 is traditionally explained as combining 卜 (divination crack) and 口 (mouth), suggesting interpreting cracks or speaking a divination. The occupy sense may have developed from the idea of taking a position or reading.
The top ⺊ looks like a divination rod or a crack in a shell, and the bottom 口 is a mouth speaking the interpretation. Together they suggest fortune-telling. To remember 'occupy', imagine a fortune-teller taking over a space to give a reading.
For セン, picture a fortune-teller sending a message through the divination crack: send -> セン, and the message occupies the air.
to occupy; to hold
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity
fortune-telling; divination
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
possession; occupation; occupancy
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future)
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
astrology
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom)
oligopoly; control of a market
to buy up
divining one's own fortune
Occupy Wall Street (protest movement, 2011-)
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cartomancy
tarot reading; tarot fortune-telling
cartomancy